fisker
See also: Fisker
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Norwegian fisker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feskər/, [ˈfesɡ̊ɐ]
Noun
fisker c (singular definite fiskeren, plural indefinite fiskere)
Inflection
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fisker | fiskeren | fiskere | fiskerne |
genitive | fiskers | fiskerens | fiskeres | fiskernes |
Etymology 2
See fiske (“to fish”).
Verb
fisker
- present of fiske
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
fisker m
- indefinite plural of fisk
Etymology 2
From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), from both *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”), possibly from *peh₂- (“to feed, to guard, to nourish”) + and from *-ārijaz (“-er”).
Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Danish fisker.
Noun
fisker m (definite singular fiskeren, indefinite plural fiskere, definite plural fiskerne)
- a fisherman (both as an occupation and for leisure)
Etymology 3
Verb
fisker
- present of fiske
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ᚠᛁᛋᚴᚽᚱ
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Noun
fisker m
Declension
Declension of fisker (strong a-stem)
Descendants
- Swedish: fisk